Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

While the stated intention is to prevent abuse by consultancies, I think this effectively kills the H1B program. Who will be able to afford this?

Not startups. 100k is like 75% of base comp in most bay area startups

Among BigTech, maybe like ~20 companies will be willing to pay this per employee.

So startups often bring in H1B employees? What prevents them from hiring the same great people remotely?